Isn't that (for the most part) the point of FF? - Justin Korn
I choose subscriptions based on a core-perimeter model. The core are people whose interests I know overlap with my own. But I also try to have a strong perimeter - very high quality information sources across a wide variety of areas. So I read blogs by people like Robin Hanson (economist), Terry Tao (mathematician), Ethan Zuckerman (developing world), etc. Unfortunately, FriendFeed usage still seem to be mostly concentrated in a few areas. - Michael Nielsen
Michael, it will get more interesting over time. Waiting for the synthesizer geeks to show up :) - Deepak
Michael, that is one of the best comments I've seen on FF. - David Gutelius
This is true with most things in life. Your real friends, the sites you visit, etc. Why is this so shocking? Just saying... :P - James Mowery via twhirl
it's not shocking... It's justa useful quote that sums up the service... ;) - Chris Messina
I know, but, it could be applied to every social network: Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and YouTube. Even forums and such. I'm sure the Bret guy is smart, but I mean... yeah. - James Mowery via twhirl
Yeah, I'm being really picky about what I read on FriendFeed. Trying to master the "hide" functionality like so many have suggested to filter out the not-so-useful stuff. :D - James Mowery via twhirl
Couldn't agree more. I just added a bunch of gluten free people cause I have celiacs and then the usual band of geeks. - Ryan Cates
I'm just going to subscribe to Michael so I won't have to work so hard to track those people down. - Todd McKinney
and would even be more interesting if FF helped me discover more folks who werent like m, but were still interesting. - dave mcclure
But I'm filtering out the social news stuff, for the most part. - Tamar Weinberg
+1 Dave McClure... we need categories of interests badly! so we can filter content and subscribe accordingly; plus rooms would also be associated with said categories... (I already submitted a feature request for this) - Susan Beebe
the funny thing is that FriendFeed wouldn't work for me if it was my actual circle of friends. they like stuff that I have no interest in. - Jamie
Jamie: Funny but true for me too. I really like Susan's suggestion for finding cool new things and interesting people via categories. That would open the door for a StumbleUpon-like function for FF. - David Muir
I agree. And thats a good thing..right? Every day when I come to FF it works like "Google News" for me :) - Saad Kamal
It's exactly what u said . ... The more popular ur friends are , The more famous u are - saee:Dsharif
Obviously the content I choose to see - I am interested in. However and this is not just semantics what I am "interested in" at a particular moment and my more permanent "interests" are NOT necessarily the same things. And for me a core benefit of social networks is discovery. For that reason I would say, no, the people I follow do not tend to reflect my interests all the time. - John Samuelson
I think that would be the main reason why you would add people on FriendFeed although it is not the only reason. You could add friends (who are not on FF) by making them "imaginary friends" just so that you could keep tabs on them. - Hubert Lotilla
@Hubert turns out whoisi.com approximates the imaginary friend feature rather well... - Chris Messina
